<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 1/18/03 11:39:46 AM Eastern Standard Time, james@jiming.demon.co.uk writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">He clearly was a very stupid man (eg: supporting Wallace), and his bend was a<BR>
lumbering, pretentious monstrosity that often included some good jazz players</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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Some good jazz players indeed. One only has to look at the personel for the 1952 Kenton band to see a who's who of jazz greats! Maybe they were not or are not OKOM players but many were one of a kind such as Frank Rosolino and Maynard Ferguson.<BR>
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Jim Butler</FONT></HTML>